Motionlead
Acquired
What they do:
Animated mobile ads.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Top Advertising Startups
This list has 49 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 9 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (27), New York (7), and London (4). Largest teams: Permutive, Virool, and Taiv. Latest round: Revnu raised €2.6M (Oct 1, 2026).
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Demeanor.co
Acquired
What they do:
Now part of thentwrk.com
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
TapEngage
Acquired
What they do:
Touch-friendly marketing, acquired by Dropbox
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
AdGrok
Acquired
What they do:
Easy SEM software. Acquired by Twitter in 2011.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
CustomerOS
Shut down
What they do:
Uncover high-fit leads already silently engaging with your brand
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
Paneau
Shut down
What they do:
Tablets inside Uber/Lyfts to advertise directly to riders
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Grabb-It
Shut down
What they do:
Grabb-It is a location based Dynamic Digital - OOH advertising…
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HQ: Milpitas, CA, United States
Vapor
Shut down
What they do:
In-video advertising.
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
LeanMarket
Shut down
What they do:
Mobile advertising
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Automate Ads
Shut down
What they do:
On a mission to programmatically automate, optimize, and unify your…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
CoinTent
Shut down
What they do:
Recover revenue lost to ad blockers
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
First agentic AI-powered community for 1 billion people with criminal…
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HQ: Miami, FL, United States
Credictive
Shut down
What they do:
Attribution metatags for online content.
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YC S12Early stage